Missouri woman accused of violating probation in Jan. 6 case released from DC jail

A Springfield, Missouri woman being held without bond in a Washington, D.C., jail for allegedly violating probation in her Capitol riot case was released this week and ordered to be returned to Missouri. Mahailya Pryer was to be taken immediately to a facility in Springfield to attend an inpatient substance abuse program, a federal judge ordered. The judge said she would return to D.C. later for a hearing on the violations. Pryer, 35, pleaded guilty in May 2022 to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building and was sentenced in September to 45 days of in...